Automobile wheel rim



w. BOWLES AUTOMOBILE WHEEL RIM Filed June 12, 1925 Feb. 9 '1 9'26.'

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W. BOWLES AUTOMOBILE WHEEL RIM Filed June l2, 1925 2 -SmeeS-Shee 2 WITNESsEs A TTORNE YS Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. l

WALLACE BOWLES, 0F MEADOW CREEK, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF FOUR-TWENTIETHS TO JOHN I. SCOTT, OF MEADOW CREEK, WEST VIRGINIA, AND ONE-TWENTIETH TO JAMES E. DECKER, 0F SACOMA,

WEST VIRGINIA.

AUTOMOBILE WHEEL RIM.

Application led June 12, 1923. Serial No. 644,992,

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Be it known that I, `WALLAGE Bownns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of' Meadow Creek, in the county ot Su1nmers and State of fest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile `Wheel Rims, of which )the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in automobile wheels and it consists ot the constructions, combinations and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An obj ect oit the invention is to provide an automobile wheel having an improved rim by the use of which the tire may be expeditiously applied and removed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an automobile wheel embodying the improved rim,

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereof taken on the line 2--2 ot Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a partial side elevation showing the other side of the wheel in Fig. 1,

Fig. tiis a detail sectional view showing various parts of a portion ot the improved rim disassembled,

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional perspective of a part of the fixed rim section,

F ig. 6 is a detail sectional perspective view of a part of the cooperating gripper ring.

Attention is first directed to F ig. l. The hub 1, spokes 2 and telly 3 represent any conventional 'automobile or motor vehicle wheel. It is to the felly 3 that the invention is applied.

The invent-ion comprises the fixed rim sec tion il, which is so named because it is ap plied' directly and fixed to the Ytelly 3, and the removable rim section 5. These two parts, together with the means by rwhich the ring 5 is actuated, constitute the improved rim, but the various parts must be desig nated by different names for the purposes of distinction.

felly, and when the nuts 9 are tightened down all possibility of the swivel plates moving `1s removed.

Formed in the telly beneath each of theV swivel plates is a depression 11 which is occupied by a spring 12. This springis seated upon a central stud 13 which is formed in the making off the depression. The purpose ot the spring in each instance `is to press. outwardly upon the. head 14 of a screw plug 15. The screw plug passes through an opening 16 in the gripper ring 5, this openingbeing threaded as shown in Fig. t. The screw plug also passes through an opening 17 in the swivel plate 8, but inasmuch vas this opening is substantially of the size of the plug and smaller than the` head 14, the arrangement provides a swivel mounting which becomes useful in the subsequent operation.

It is to kbe observed that the plug 15 terminates in a non-circular end 1S. This end is intended to receive a suitable wrench. The reader can readily understand that by applying such a wrench (not shown) to the end 18, andl turning the swivelled screw plug 15, the latter will be made to draw the removable rim section 5 toward the felly.l In making this statement it is presumed that the rim section 5 has been applied to the side of' the felly.

Each swivel plate 8 has an arcuate recess 19 intended to receive a similarly shaped lug 20 on the removable rim section. It is through this lug that the threaded opening 16 is formed and through which the screw plug 15 passe.' yso that the wrench end 18 may be accessible troni the outside, as plainly 1^shown in Figs. 1 and 2` Both the vriin sections l and 5 have flanges 21 tor the purpose ot engaging the beads 22 ot the tire 23. The flanges 21 niiglitliaveany one ot a number ot shapes, tor example, they might be curved inwardly so as to more adequately grip a tire having beads ot a similar tormation. The sliape'ot the flanges is immaterial.I 'The purpose Ais to hold the tire It is to be observed that the rim section 4 has an annular reduction 24. on that side adjacent to the rim section 5. This reduction is shown in detail in Fig.v 5. Here the-reduction is shown to be provided with a plurality ot lugs 25 upon which the inner flange 2G ot the ringl 5 is adapt-ed to seat .when the parts are assembled. The rim section 5 is ot an L shape in cross sectiont andwvhen the parts are assembled as stated, the ex,- posed depending part ot said rim sect-ion Acovers any space that would be lett by vir,- tue of the presence ot the lugs These lugs are tor` the purpose ot assisting in centering the ring on the reduction 24.

In considering the operation, the reader may first regard the rim section t as being a part ot the telly 3 inasi'nuch as it is intended that the bolts T shall hold the rim section in place besidesacting asleepers tor the removable swivel plates 8. The reader iiiust not understand trom this that the plates 8 are removed with each tire removing operation. lVlien once put in place, they areintended to stay there.A V- y The plates 8 furnish swivel mountings ,tor the screw plugs 15 which are held in their proper positions both bythe heads 14 and springs 12 therebehind. The threaded parts and wrench ends ot the screw plugs are eX- posed through theopenings 17l in the swivel plates. `Upon desiring to secure a jtire 23 o n the rimsection 4 ot the automobile wheel, it is ot course necessary to first apply the tire andthen the riin section '5. Y j

This rim section is so applied that each one ot the threadedv openings 16 in the lugs 2O comes over one'ot the exposed screw plugs. The'operator now takes a wrench, applies it to the end 18 and gives the vplug a turn. He will find tliatftlie resilient niiounting ot the screw plug which the spring 12 in .each caseattords will be of material assistance to him in getting the threads started in the openingl 16. By combining both a pressing ii'iotion on the lug 2U ot the rim section 5, and a turninginotion on the wrench, the threads will soon engage and cause the rim section 5 to move toward the telly where the flange 21 binds the tire in place, i

Viliile the construction `and arrangement ot the improved automobile wheel rim as site side ot the tire,'lugs on said removable riin section having threaded openings coinciding with said depressions, and screw plugs having a swivelled mounting .in said depres- 1 sions-and being engageable with said threadedepenings to diaw the removable rim section toward the tire and bind it in place.

2. In combination with the telly ot a vehicle wheel said telly having depressions, a rim section fixed on the telly and having a flange to be engaged by rone side ot a tire, a removable rim section having a flange to engage the other side ot a tire, lugs depending trom said removable rim section having threaded openings rcoinciding 'with the depressions, screw plugs situated in the depressions tor engagement with said openings to draw the removable 'rim section toward the tire, plates against the telly by which the plugs are swivelly mounted, and Ameans in the depressions furnishing a resilient backing tor the plugs to hold them against the plates.

' 3. The'con'ibinatioii ot a telly, a fixed rim section, aV removable riin section which is adapted to engage a side ot a tire received ll. Inv combination with a telly providedv with depressions merging with recesses in the side ot the telly each `depression having a stud at tliel base,l an apei'tured swivel plate seated in each recess, a rim section fixed on the telly having flanges at the side opposite` to the swivel plates, means tiansfiXing the flanges, tellyand each plateto hold the parts together, a removable rim section adj acentto the swivel plates having lugs with threaded openings, a plug situated in each depression having a smooth portion occupyingthe respective plate with a head on the inside Vand'-y a screw portion occupying the opening ot the lug, said plugs each having an exposed non-circular end tor turning, and springs in the depressions seated on the studs and bearing against the plugs. 5. In combination with a telly provided with depressions communicating with recesses at one side, swivel plates occupying the recesses and in turn having recesses, a rln section on the felly having a flange to receive one side of a "tire, means to hold the riin section and swivel plates in fixed positions on the felly, a removable rim section to engage the other side of the tire having lugs to occupy the swivel plate recesses and thereby prevent circular motion of the removable riln, and means occupying the 'depressions working through the swivel plates to reach the lugs and bind the removable rim section in position against the tire.

WALLACE BOWLES. 

